Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 7 26 Jul 2026, 03:53

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 78 0 0 0 0 78 5 0 5 13:11.246 Passed
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
Feature Additional software
As a Tails user I may want to install software not shipped in Tails And have them installed automatically when I enable persistence in the Greeter
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.902
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.149
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.574
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.356
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.628
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.080
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.697
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.715
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.890
And I enable persistence 19.993
And I log in to a new session 10.177
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.165
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.694
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.654
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.059
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.197
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.187
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.296
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.204
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.485
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.423
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.396
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.580
When I start Synaptic 12.876
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.734
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.070
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.698
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.572
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.661
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.311
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.280
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.781
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.481
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.311
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.017
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.652
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.953
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.629
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.819
And I enable persistence 9.894
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
# Prevent the "Warning: virtual machine detected!" notification from racing
# with the one we'll be interacting with below.
And I disable the tails-virt-notify-user.service user unit 0.043
And I log in to a new session 10.213
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.242
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# We remove the newest package after it has been downloaded and before
# it is installed, so that the upgrade process fails
And I prepare the Additional Software upgrade process to fail 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.992
And available upgrades have been checked 1.105
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.015
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.751
And I enable persistence 11.358
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
And I log in to a new session 10.615
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.290
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.469
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.488
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.913
And I enable persistence 10.226
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 10.509
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.675
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.003
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006